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- Patented Jan. 19, 1897.

(No Model'.) I .y 2 Sheets-She@ l2.

G. T. PAINTER. SELF REGISTERING HEK PUNCH.

N0. 575.616. Patented Jan. 19. 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

CARL THEODORE PAINTER, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE M.BRADT, OF SAME PLAOE.

SELF-REGISTERING CHECK-PUNGH.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,616, dated January19, 1897.

Application filed July 3, 1896. Serial No. 598,025. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concer/t:

Be it known that. I, CARL THEoDoEE PAIN- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSelf-Registern] g Store-Check Punches; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in self-registering punches ofthe kind used in cominissary stores, such, for instance, as thosecarried on by furnace or mining companies where the employees have theirwages paid in orders on the store.

The object of the punching device is to provide a simple,easily-operated punch by means of which the amount of the purchase maybepunched out of a punch-out cartl,\vhile at the same time the registeringmechanism arranged in connection with the punching' device willautomatically record the amount punched out each time.

The invention therefore consists, essentially, in the construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will behereinafter described, and then more particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is avertical sectional viewof my improved store check-punch. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail sideelevation of the punching device, showing the same operating upon a cardto punch the same. Fig. t is an end elevation of my improvedself-registering store-punch with the rear door of the compartmentcontaining the registering mechanism opened to expose the interiorarrangement of said mechanism. Fig. 5 is another sectional rearelevation of the registering mechanism, the rear door of its compartmentbeing opened and the rear plate removed, so as to exhibit thearrangement and suggest the operation of the recording-wheels. Fig. 6 isa top plan view of the registering mechanism. Fig. 7 is a verticalsectional elevation on the line @c of Fig. G. Fig. 8 is a detail planview of one of the checks or punch-out cards.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe different figures of the drawings.

A designates the main casting or supporting bed or frame of my improvedautomatically registering store check-punch, said main frame or castingbeing mounted upon the card-receiving box C, having a door C', by meansof which access can be had to the interior of the box O, said boX havinga slot c, through which the cards or checks may be introduced thereinto,and being designed for the purpose of holding said cards or checks.

The front portion of the main casting A is recessed at A2, and belowthis recess is the vert-ical passage a', which leads down into the boxand in which the puncher-die operates, the plate a resting within therecess A2 upon the main casting A and around the passage c, so that onthis plate a card like that shown at O in Fig. 8 may be placed for thepurpose of being punched. This plate c is provided with a bifurcatedguide a2, secured thereto by a screw or other means, and being of springform, so that it may act to hold the card in place while it is beingpunched. The part A' of the main frame which is directly above the plated is formed with a vertical bore or passage to receive the verticallymovable punching-rod D, which carries the punch or die d, that operatesupon the card and punches out therefrom the desired numeral or numerals,the punched-out parts dropping down through the passage a into the boxO.

The punching-rod D is provided with a reaiuvardly-projecting lug D',under which is a spiral spring D2, which acts to normally lift thepunching-rod D, said spring D2 being held in a recess in the upper partof that portion of the frame which is lettered A. Said bored part Al ofthe main trame is fashioned with a bifurcation A3 at its upper end, inwhich is pivoted a cam-block E, that operates upon the upper end of thevertical punchingrod D. This cam -block E is provided with anupwardly-projecting lug e, which is embraced by the slotted end f of anoperating handle or lever F, a pin c' passing through the slotted cndfof lever F and also through the lug e, and holding thereby the leverpivotally connected to the lug and consequently the lever pivotallyconnected to the cam.

The lever F near the slotted end F is pro- IOO vided with a screw g,which engages a slot y/ in the upper end ot' a plate G, which issecurely fastened to the cam E. This pin g limits the direction ofmovement of the handle-lever F to the right or to the left in thedirection of the arrows, as shown in Fig. Ll, whenever said lever F ismoved in one direction or the other upon its pivot c.

it will be evident that the operator who maybe behind the punchingmechanism can operate the handle-lever F, either by drawing it towardhim or by moving it to the right or lett, or, in other words, it may besaid that said lever F has a movement in two planes. Then lever F isdrawn to the rear and depressed, being moved in the direction shown bythe arrow in Fig. l, it is evident that the cam E will he rotated uponits pivot, and the consequence will be that the punch d will be forceddownward in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. l until it reachesthe position shown in Fig. 3, where it passes through the card u and byexcision removes a certain portion thereof. lVhen this action is takingplace, the spring I)2 will be depressed, and said spring will assist inrestoring the parts to their normal position, as shown in Fig. l, afterthe punching operation has been accomplished. The handle-lever F isprovided with a pointed cam-plate F', projecting rearwardly from thehandle F when the latter is in its vertical position, as shown in Fig.l. Said cam F' operates whenever the handlelever F is depressed into ahorizontal position to actuate the registering mechanism to a greater orless exten-t and to cause said inechanisin to register the same amountas is punched simultaneously from the card by means ol' the punch D.

The main casting A is formed at its rear with a compartment orreceptacle B of greater or ,less size, which contains the registeringmechanism, said compartmenthaving the removable horizontal cover ll,which `is secured in place by means of screws or other suitablefastening devices, and having also the hinged rear door i3', which ishinged at i) and. which when closed may be locked by means of a padlock,as shown in Fig. 2, or maybe fastened in any other way. The plate il isprovided with a curved slot which is divided into sections by thevert-ical inclined. division-plates 7i, 7M, and 7i?, secured rigidlyupon the upper side ol said plate Il, said sections of the curved slotbeing marked 7L, hi, and Wand being designed to receive thereinto theilat-pointed cani-plate F, carried by the operating-lever F. rlhedivision-plates 7L, 7i', and 7i? are so inclined that when the cam F isbrought down it may, if it so happens, strike aga-inst the :li'ace ofone or the other of said. plaies and be thereby surely directed into oneer the other ot' the slot-sections, as may be required. The slotsection7L has delineated contiguous thereto on the top face of plate II thenun'ieral 5, and likewise there is contiguous to the slot 7i." thenumeral. 10, and contiguous to the slot r" the numeral oy' 'rlhesenumerals indicate that when the cam F' is thrust down into the slot 7ithe registering mechanism will record 5. When it is thrust through theslot 7i", the registering mechanism will .record 10, and when throughthe slot '/r" the registering mechanism will record 25, and whi le suchrecords are being made by the registcring mechanism there will he asimultaneous punching of the saine amounts or numerals out of the card,which is at the time beneath the die d.

Vr'ithin the receptacle i3 is a vertical rear plate l, which supportsstuds on which are mounted the registeriiig-wheels J', il', (if, andri`he wheels .l J J2 are set atan angle to the plate I, as shown in Fig.t3, their edges slightly overlapping, as shown. These wheels are toothedwheels of any ordinary consi rue- Lion. The wheel J1, which is parallelto the plate l, is a ratchet-wheel, as shown in lf'ig. 7, and on itsshaft is a registering disk or plate J, there being on lthe same shal'ta lug j), which at each rotation of the disk J strikes one of the teethof the wheel V3 and relates it one notch. rl`he disk l is a units-disk,the toothed wheel Jl is a humiredths-wheel, 'the wheel J" isathousandths-wheel, and the wheel .l is a ten-thousandths wheel. liverytime the disk .l3 rotates once the disk .if ad vances one notch. Everytime the wheel J2 rotates once the wheel .il aflvanees one notch, andevery time the wheel J' rotates one time the wheel .l revolves onenotch. rlhis is in accordance with the ordinary principles ofregistering mechanisms. The wheel .i2 provided with a prfi jeetionp`3,which engages the wheel J at each. rotation of `the wheel Ji, and thewheel J' is provided with a projection p', which engages the wheel J' ateach rotation of the wheel .'l'.

In the upper part of the receptacle li and directly beneath the topplate li is a sliding plate M, having the slots nl, m, and mi, which arerespectivelyopposite and substantially in coincidence with the curvedslots 7i, 7N, and 7F. On this horizontal sliding plate )l is a dependinglug 7s, to which is pivoted the inclined lever l, the farther end ofwhich is pivoted to a plate l), which is pivotally supported upon theshaft oi the ratcliel1-wl1eel .il and which carries a pawl i, engaginglthe teelh of the ratchet-wheel J, said pawl being a spring-pressed pawlin that it is acted upon bythe spring Z for the purpose of keeping thepoint thereof in engagement with the teeth oi the wheel J. A ilat springL, placed below the ratchet-wheel J, used for the purpose of preventingany reverse movement ol.' said wheel. This ratchet .l`l normally rotatesin the direction shown by the arrow, being l'ed forward by the pawl Z. Aspring h. is at taehed te the rod K and also to the wall of thereceptacle B, and acts to retract the rod K and likewise the plate Mwhenever the agency which operates to project said parts inthe oppositedirection ceases its action and IOO releases them. It will be obviousthat the horizontal sliding of the plate M toward the right will serveto rotate the ratchet-Wheel J, and that the extent of the rotation Willbe governed by the extent of movement of the sliding plate M. Now whenthe cam F is thrust downward through the slot 77,3 and through the slotm and acts against the edge of said latter slot, the result will be ofcourse to thrust the sliding plate M toward the right and cause theratchet-Wheel J 4 to be rotated to an extent sufficient to record anadvance of five points upon the disk J 3, and such record will bereadily observed through the opening t' in the plate I, it beingunderstood that the figures on the disk J 3 may be read through theopening 3, the iigures on the Wheel J2 may be read through the openingi2, the figures on the Wheel J may be read through the opening t', andthe figures on the Wheel J may be read through the opening t', all asclearly shown in Fig. 4. If the cam F instead of going through the slotsh3 and m is thrust through the slots h4 and m, then the plate M will bedriven farther to the right than before and the result Will be that theratchet-wheel J 4 will be given a sufficient movement to cause anadvance of ten to be recorded by the disk J 3 and observed through theopening Similarly if the cam F operates through the slots h5 and m2 theresult will be to slide the horizontal plate M sufficiently far to causesuch an operation of the attached mechanism as that an advance oftwenty-five Will be read upon the disk J 3. So the operation may go on,the amount which is punched from the card at a being each time properlyregistered by the recording mechanism.

In Fig. 8 the card O is represented simply by Way of example. Said cardhas several sections marked 25, several marked 10,77 and several marked5. It will be obvious that other kinds of cards may be employed; alsothat the registering or recording mechanism may be differently arrangedto permit a recording oi' other amounts than ive, ten, and tWenty-iive.There may be more than three amounts recordable, and, if desired, alarger number of slots may be made in the plate H and a consequentlylarger number of index-wheels may be provided in the recordingmechanism.

Numerous changes maybe made in the various mechanical parts of myinvention in order to adapt it for use in various locations and formanifold purposes Without destroying the identity of the invention orvarying from the legitimate breadth of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is`

l. In an automatic check-punch, the combination With a punching-die, ofan actuatingcam, a lever pivoted thereto and provided With a projectingcam, a slotted plate having division-plates thereon to guide theprojecting cam, and registering mechanism operated by the projecting camsimultaneously With the punching operation, substantially as described.

2. In a self -registering check-punch, the combination with aspring-provided punching device, of a cam operating thereon, a leverpivoted to the cam and provided with a projecting cam, a slotted platehaving divisionplates thereon to guide the projecting cam, registeringmechanism, consisting essentially of a sliding plate andregistering-Wheels operated thereby, all arranged so that the cam of thelever may shift the sliding plate simultaneously with the punchingoperation, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a punching device provided with a spring, apivoted cam operating on said device, a lever pivoted to the cam andhaving a projecting pin engaging a slotted plate affixed to the cam,said lever being also provided with a projecting pointed cam, .andregistering mechanism, consisting essentially of thehorizontally-sliding plate and registering-Wheels operated by saidsliding plate, all arranged so that the projecting pointed cam on thelever may slide the plate, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the punching device, the operating-cam thereof, alever pivoted to the cam and having a projecting cam, a slotted platehaving inclined division-plates secured thereto, a sliding platearranged beneath the latter plate, a train of registering- Wheelsoperated by said sliding plate, all arranged so that the sliding platemay be actuated by the lever-cam simultaneously with the punchingoperation, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the punching device, its actuatingcam, and theoperating cam-provided lever, the slotted plate having guidingdivision-plates, the slotted horizontally-sliding plate arranged beneaththe latter plate, a train of registering-Wheels, a lever pivoted to thesliding plate and provided With a retracting-spring, and a feed-pawlwhereby the motion of the sliding plate is communicated to the train ofregistering-Wheels, substantially as described.

6. The combination With the punching device, its actuating-cam and thecam-provided operating-lever,of the registering mechanism, consistingessentially of the stationary slotted guide-provided plate, thehorizontally- IOO IIO

sliding plate beneath the latter adapted to be operated by the action ofthe lever-cam, a train of registering-Wheels, a rod pivoted to thesliding plate and having a retractingspring, a paWl-carrying platepivoted to said rod and supported upon the shaft of the units- Wheel,together With a casing for the registering mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

7. The combination of the punching device, its actuating-cam providedwith a slotted plate, the cam-provided operating-lever pivoted to saidCain and having' L projection in the aforesaid slotied plate, und theregisteringI mechanism, consisting` essentially of the horizontalslotted plate having numerals delineated thereon indicative of theamounts punched, the sliding' plate beneath the said slotted plate, saidsliding plate beingT itself slotted and engageable by the carni-lever,togelher with the train of registeringmheels operated hy said sliding`pluie, suhsifmliully 1e as described.

In testimonyv whereof l :Ll'iix my sigl'mlure 1u presence of twoWitnesses.

CARL TIIEODORN lAINllCll.

lVitnesses:

GEORGE GARDEN-Irun, EDGAR MCK'ENNEY.

